Legal Opinion
People v. Munafo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 8, 1980PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
A Justice of the Town Court of the Town of Russell found the defendant James Munafo, Sr., guilty of the charges set out in two informations, one sounding in trespass (Penal Law, § 140.05) and the other in disorderly conduct (Penal Law, § 240.20). The County Court of St. Lawrence County has since affirmed. The narrow issue on which the present appeal turns is whether the evidence was sufficient to establish the offense pleaded in each accusatory instrument. We are convinced it was not.
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